THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 179

day of March last, and sentenced to death; and that
the said Simon Cedeno was, in pursuance of the
said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was
dead.

Dated this fifth day of April, in the year
1871, at the Gaol at Lyttelton.
A. BACK, Sheriff.
J. RESTON, Gaoler.
J. ARNOLD, Turnkey.
W. S. MOORHOUSE, J.P.
JOHN W. S. COWARD, J.P.
EDWARD S. WILLCOCKS.
COURTNEY NEDWILL.
C. DORRINGTON BATT.
FREDK. STROUTS.
CHARLES O'MALLEY.
A. H. BROWNE.
JOHN HELDEN.
GEORGE R. HART.
EDWARD WILLIAM SEAGER.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer, viz. :-
Sub-Inspector Coll McDonnell, Armed Con-
stabulary.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of Mr. McLean).

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint HANSON TURTON, Esq.,
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamp Duties for the
Province of Hawke's Bay, vice H. B. Sealy, Esq.
This appointment takes effect on and from the 1st
day of March, 1871.
W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
WILLIAM WEBSTER, of Auckland;
WILLIAM A. MARRINER, of Auckland;
Rev. W. GITTOS, of Auckland;
J. A. WILSON, of Auckland;
FAIRFAX JOHNSON, of Auckland;
RICHARD MATTHEWS, of Auckland;
to act as Interpreters under "The Native Lands
Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands Act, 1867."
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Native Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
CHARLES NELSON,
of Kaipara, to act as an Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867."
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES BADGER DOWNES, Esq.,
to be Medical Referee for the District of Rangiora,
under "The Government Annuities Act, 1869."
W. GISBORNE.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN GRUBB, Esq.,
to be Sub-Commissioner of Government Annuities
for the Province of Canterbury.
This appointment dates from the eighteenth day
of February, 1871.
W. GISBORNE.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FRANCIS ALEXANDER MONCKTON, Esq.,
to be Medical Referee for the District of Invercargill,
under "The Government Annuities Act, 1869," vice
John Field Deck, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE.

Customs Department,
(Marine Branch,)
Wellington, 24th April, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM BALLANTYNE
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Opunake; and
ALFRED WOOD
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Patea.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Commissioner).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 3 of 1871.
FLAT ROCK BEACON, HAURAKI GULF, CARRIED AWAY.

Customs Department,
(Marine Branch,)
Wellington, 14th April, 1871.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Chief Harbour
Master of the Province of Auckland has reported
that the Iron Beacon recently erected on Flat Rock,
off Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf, has been carried
away. Masters of Vessels are therefore cautioned to
give the Rock a wide berth in passing it.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Commissioner
of Customs).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1871.
NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the
under-mentioned Post Office to be a Money Order
and Savings Bank Office for the transaction of
Money Order and Savings Bank Business, from 1st
May next:-

FOXTON,
in the Province of Wellington.
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1871.
THE Notice issued on the 11th instant, and pub-
lished in Gazette No. 23, of the 13th instant,
that the name of the Post Office at "Rangitikei" had
been changed to "Middle Rangitikei," is hereby
cancelled.

The subject of an appropriate name for this Office
is under consideration.
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.